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Vertamae Grosvenor is a food writer and broadcaster, raised in the South Carolina lowcountry. She is the author of Vibration Cooking, also known as The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl. The cookbook was originally published in 1970, and focused on lowcountry cooking, also known as Geechee or Gullah cooking. Its focus on spontaneity in the kitchen — cooking by "vibration," rather than precisely measuring ingredients, as well as "making do" with ingredients on hand, captured the essence of traditional African American techniques. The hearty, simple, healthful, basic ingredients of lowcountry cuisine, like shrimp, oysters, crab, fresh produce, rice and sweet potatoes, made it a bestseller. The first edition is now a classic cookbook collector's must-have.

Grosvenor has been a long-time contributor to Public broadcasting. She is a regular contributor to NPR's Cultural Desk. She is also the host of Seasonings, a series of holiday specials on food and culture. From 1988 to 1995 she was the host of NPR's documentary series Horizons. In 1990 she won a du-Pont-Columbia Award for "AIDS and Black America: Breaking the Silence". In 1992 the National Association of Black Journalists awarded for her segment, "South Africa and the African-American Experience".

In addition to Vibration Cooking, Grosvernr is author of "Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap". She has been contributing editor to Elan Magazine and Essence Magazine and has written for the Village Voice, the The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

• Lowcountry cuisine
• Cuisine of the Southern United States
• Hoppin' John

• Grosvenor, Vertamae. Vibration Cooking: The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl. Ballantine Books, 1992. ISBN 0-345-37667-6.
• Grosvenor, Vertamae. Vertamae Cooks Cooks in America's Family Kitchen. KQED Books, 1996. 0-91233388X.
• Grosvenor, Vertamae. Vertamae Cooks Again. Bay Books, 1999. ISBN 0-912333-91-X.
• Grosvenor, Vertamae. Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap.

• NPR Biography
• Southern Foodways Alliance